Finite Fields: Normal Bases and Completely Free Elements (Hardcover, 1997)

Preface. I: Introduction and Outline. 1. The Normal Basis Theorem. 2. A Strengthening of the Normal Basis Theorem. 3. Preliminaries on Finite Fields. 4. A Reduction Theorem. 5. Particular Extensions of Prime Power Degree. 6. An Outline. II: Module Structures in Finite Fields. 7. On Modules over Principal Ideal Domains. 8. Cyclic Galois Extensions. 9. Algorithms for Determining Free Elements. 10. Cyclotomic Polynomials. III: Simultaneous Module Structures. 11. Subgroups Respecting Various Module Structures. 12. Decompositions Respecting Various Module Structures. 13. Extensions of Prime Power Degree (1). IV: The Existence of Completely Free Elements. 14. The Two-Field Problem. 15. Admissibility. 16. Extendability. 17. Extensions of Prime Power Degree (2). V: A Decomposition Theory. 18. Suitable Polynomials. 19. Decompositions of Completely Free Elements. 20. Regular Extensions. 21. Enumeration. VI: Explicit Constructions. 22. Strongly Regular Extensions. 23. Exceptional Cases. 24. Constructions in Regular Extensions. 25. Product Constructions. 26. Iterative Constructions. 27. Polynomial Constructions. References. List of Symbols. Index.